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A. CARY.

DUOR 0R OTHER MAT.

Patented Sept. 4, 1888.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,826, datedSeptember 4, 1888.

Application filed November 5, 1F87.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALANsoN CARY, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Door or other Mats,of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

This invention relates to mats placed at doors, in halls, andelsewhere,which are of an open-work construction and which are usuallymade of metal, and present a hard or harsh and scraper-likerubbing'surface for the more effectual removal of mud and dirt from theboots or shoes of pedestrians.

The invention consists in the construction and combination ofparts,substantially as hereinafter described,and pointed outin theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l represents a top or plan view of a mat embodying my inventionand side views of longitudinal and end strips used in the constructionofthe frame of the mat. Fig. 2 is a transverse section upon the line a:x, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a View in perspective of one of the corrugatedstrips or bands detached.

A and B indicate the side and end strips of which the frame of the matis composed. A convenient mode of uniting these strips, which, as wellas the other parts of the mat, I usually make of metal,is to constructthem respectively with tongues a a and slots b b at or near their ends,and then, or after arranging said strips with their longitudinal edgesuppermost and undermost, to partly bend said tongues,so that they willenter the slots from their outside,and subsequently to further bendthem, so that they will lap over or upon the inner faces of the stripsor plates with which they engage, as clearly shown in Fig. l. This is astrong and easy manner of putting the frame together.

C C are the corrugated strips which form the rubbing or wiping surfacesof the mat. These strips are narrow flat ones, corrugated on their facesin direction of their length, and when arranged within the frame A B areplaced with their longitudinal edges uppermost and undermost. Like theframe plates or strips, these strips or plates C are also made withtongues e eat their ends, which are en- Serial No. 254,861. (No model.)

tered through slots d d in the frame-strips B and afterward lient overon the outside to effect their lock and engagement with the frame. Inthis way or by these means both the frame and its corrugated wipingstrips, which latter extend along or across the frame within it, and ofwhich there may be any number arranged at suitable distances apart, aresimply and securely put together Without the aid of rivets or bolts,although, if desired, the outer corrugated strips may be united with theframe- Strips A A by rivetsl where meeting the same. The strips C are ofthe same depth, or thereabout, as the framestrips, and are constructedon their upper and lower edges with notches ff, to receive within them,so as not to project outside of the upper and lower surfaces of the mat,a series of cross binding or tying wires, g, each of which is doubledlengthwise, and its doubled end h, which lies in notches lc in the upperand under edges of one of the side frameplates, A,arranged on theoutside of said plate, while the free portions or two lengths of thedoubled wire are woven or crossed alternately above and below thecorrugated strips C within the notchesf f and their outer ends passedthrough a slot, j, in the opposite frameplate A and clinched on theoutside thereof by bending over said ends in reverse directions. Thesewires g, thus applied, serve to bind or tie the sides of the frametogether andthe corrugated Strips C, at different points in theirlength,with each other, and to generally stifl'en the mat and preventthe corrugated strips from spreading when being wiped upon by the feet,and, secured as described, they further provide for putting the wholemat together without rivets or bolts.

The wiping or rubbing strips C, by reason of their corrugatedconstruction, not only provide for an extended wiping edge or surface,and this in an angular or gradual manner, which will facilitate theremoval of the dirt from the boot or shoe sole, but they give an eX-tended and waved base which will most materially serve to keep them intheir upright position when the boot or shoe is rubbed over them.

The mat thus formed is largely self-cleaning and the corrugated stripsmay yield freely under pressure, thus preventing the dirt from rmlyadhering. Then, again, as the corrugated strips are parallel they do notform substantially diamomlshaped openings between them, the angles ofwhich would cause dirt to collect, and in such a construction the stripscould not have a free yielding movement,as in my construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A mat comprising a series of connected corrugated parallel flexiblestrips set edgewise, with their convex portions facing the concaveportions of the adjacent strips, substantially as set forth.

2. A mat comprising a series of parallel corrugated strips set edgewiseand wires uniting Said strips between their ends, substantially as setforth.

3. A mat comprising the frame formed of end and side strips providedwith tongues and apertures,the tongues of one strip overlapping theouter end of the adjacent strip and passing inward through the aperturetherein aud l against the inner face tl1ereof,and the scrapingstripssecured within the frame, substantially as set forth.

4. The hereindescribed mat, comprising the frame, the end bars of whichare apertured and the side hars notched in their upper and lower edges,the parallel corrugated strips notched in their upper and lower edges inline with the notches in the frame and formed with tongues ou Vtheirends passing through the apertures in the ends of' the frame, and thebindingwires crossing said strips and side bars through said notches,substantially as set forth.

5. In a mat of thc character described, the wiper-strip formed of astrip of sheet metal corrugated flatwise and provided with notches inits upper and lower edges and with tongues or tenons at its ends,substantially as set forth.

ALANSON CARY.

Witnesses:

C. SEDGWICK, E. M. CLARK.

